They were originally supposed to be introduced during the Season Two, but did not appear in patch 2.1.2, Halo of Arlyse taking place of a Wizard-specific Seasonal item. This item has been moved to the Season Three instead. Once Season Three ended, it started to drop for non-Seasonal characters as well.

The unique affix makes Energy Twister an effective Crowd Control skill. Multiple Twisters do not grant extra pulls, each enemy becoming immune to the Ranslor's Folly effects (from the same Wizard) for 5 seconds after being pulled.

Ranslor, the chief crafter to the High Vizjerei, was concerned that the power contained within these bracers would prove too much for even the most seasoned warrior, so he scoured waterfront taverns for unfortunate souls to test them. After several catastrophic failures, he was so certain he had solved the problem he tried them himself. The bracers were found by his assistant in a pile of ash.

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They were previously known as "Lucky Bowman's Armscales." Some of the stats were the same, but the item description was different, which read as follows:

The overlapping leather scales of these bracers have been worn smooth by thousands of bow string strikes. But peel back the scales, and their secret lies revealed—the soft side of the leather is covered in intricate runework that could only trace back to the Túr Dúlra in Scosglen." — Deckard Cain[1]